Hi:   If you are using the Programming 2 course data, then you DO have the data or else the program would not work. When you ran the program to initially make the date in the Programming 2 course, it created SALES2.DAT. So if you used this INFILE statement: infile "&path/sales2.dat"; And, IF you ran the setup code that included the %LET statement for PATH, then that is the location of your SALES2.DAT file.     When you are working on the practices in the e-learning course, there is always a button for you to reveal the solution to the exercise. As shown by the postings you've received, there are 2 possible solutions -- one using the / to go to the next input line and one using the # to point to the specific input line.     As shown from the screen shot inside the course, the data layout is revealed to you and both solutions:   If you are uncertain about the difference between using / or # in your INPUT statement, you could go back and listen to the lecture again on Line Pointer Controls. There is a lesson on each of them in the Table of Contents for Lesson 3.   Cynthia ... View more